Drew Berry: Animations of unseeable biology

[SOSTacoJohnson]

O look after 10 shitty ted talks, a good 1. LOL. Still I don't mean to detract from this talk. It was excellent.

[bill4long]

bravo!

[HolyReaperX01]

WHAT THE FUCK WHY HAS NO ONE EVER TOLD ME THAT THERE ARE LITTLE FUCKING MOLECULE CREATURES INSIDE OF ME BUILDING ME!!!! THEY FUCKING WALK!!!! WITH LEGS!!!!! WHAT THE FUUUCK!!!!.....and i thought i knew it all...

[radbirdy]

lol I read the title as, 'Applications of unseeable technology'

[danxscarltonxaway]

i am convinced these molecular machines came from a designer/creator and not evolutionary process. its like telling me every single car factory in this world came together by a tornado and a good lightning strike and all those car factories work together as one unit for a specific function and that specific function is only one function of many within an organized cell. and yes, i know im asking for some pretty harsh responses.

[Lyinginbedmon]

@danxscarltonxaway Except that those car factories ARE designed and they perfectly suit their purpose, whereas every single living organism does not, with countless deficiencies and unnecessary elements (the male nipple and human appendix, to name but two). These mechanisms are the result of millions of years of evolution under the operating laws of physics.

You are pulling "design" from a burn pattern that actually just happened to be where gasoline was tossed in a room before a fire.

[CrayBG]

@danxscarltonxaway I choose not to insult you, even though you ARE asking for it with your post, as you are comparing unreplicable componnents like a car to replicable ones whose properties are what dictates their motion and interactions. You argument is known as "Hoyle's Fallacy", please look it up. No biological process is sudden appearance, but gradual build-up of complexity, it is your kind who believe in spontaneous appearance. ;)

[Freigeist20789]

@danxscarltonxaway well your conviction doesnt have any value for truth

[glee8]

who else thought 'Nerds Rope!' at 3:34? :P

[RainK9]

wow its like we have millions of little awesome people.

[RainK9]

I want this in schools.

[Serpico261]

@RainK9 already done :)

[chocobosROK]

Maybe I would've liked this stuff better in school IF THESE ANIMATIONS WERE SHOWN.

[Jotto999]

Enlightening.

[WLOoDE]

مافيه ترجمه

[SarahAKalghamdi]

كل مايمكنني قولة هو سبحان الخالق !!

[SuperPrince444]

7 Dislike...7 unseeable people.

[XSeaSpiralX]

That's incredible.

[wendy321]

LOL THEYRE SO CUTE

[shashi13m]

Nice, where can I get his jacket?

[termi892]

8:10 O_o

[floridaschoolmassage]

It is so great to see this beautiful joining of where science meets art and art meets science.  Beautifully composed and well said!

[francotristan]

I believe this is a pretty close representation to the real process. After seen this video I look at everyone more like machines than human beings. A reason to wonder about.

[1purelight]

You did not explain it because you did not see it, Christians do but Atheists do not .

God Bless

[Maxiie91]

@1purelight What?

[walkingen]

Amazing, beautiful!

[celshader]

8:10 Those walking moleules should be singing 'Hi ho Hi ho, its off to work we go.'

[Aeshir2]

SCIIIIIIIENNNNCCE RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULLLLLEZZZZZ

[MrMonkrun]

this made me itch

[wakojako49]

hahaha wow dna in a nano scale looks like loony toons :P that's amazing. anyways this is a model representation which maybe wrong

[wakojako49]

@SonOfNye lol i dont know why your comment was flagged as a spam. some pipa and sopa coming about :P. anyways yeah its pretty much. warner bros were smart all along

[Pituicita]

Awesome!

[kewlpersin]

Why can't I 'like' this video more than once!

[Itslvle]

For anyone wanting to see more animations like these I can recommend the Harvard university video The Inner Life of a Cell: watch?v=YEzRz1jmqNA

They have other videos too and some of them have narration. I'm not sure how many of them are on youtube, but you can just google "Harvard biovisions" if you're interested.

[EnlightenedJourney]

This is an amazing video! Thank you..

[1purelight]

Have him explain the pic on my channel.

Random I hardly think so.

God Bless

[doGoNsIylbaborPerehT]

@1purelight

- It's a cloud.

- Humans are pattern-seekers and see things in things. (Someone saw Jesus in a dog's behind.)

There. It's explained.

If you want to know how clouds form, then study meteorology.

God be less. :-)

[jaMMerZzz764]

@doGoNsIylbaborPerehT I don't know whether you thought of that last line yourself or if you got from somewhere else, but either way that comment is brilliant. Thumbs to you sir! :)

[doGoNsIylbaborPerehT]

@jaMMerZzz764

I was shamelessly plagiarizing. ;-)

[mortadelletube]

Why didn't they give him 20 minutes, like most speakers???!!! I WANT MOAR!!!!!

[dmasker42]

Oh damn, that's sexy. Wish they had that when I was just starting to learn about bio.

[nucleusanimation]

Drew Berry is the man!

[JesterUK2]

The human body is absolutely amazing

[sdrawkcabgnipytmi]

@JesterUK2

This stuff isn't limited to humans..

[theqnpq]

mind = blown

[EnragedSephiroth]

I could not watch this without laughing at it because of how wide my mind is blown. :O

[4kuj1n]

I'd love to see Drew Berry more on this channel.

[jerzmacow]

8:07 Talk about eye candy!

[kosmosis]

Full length: watch?v=dMPXu6GF18M&feature=re­lated

[qkn30989]

WOW!

[7ranc3Addict]

awesome

[MultiRationale]

Pretty soon, we'll be exploring the micro-world in a virtual reality system.

[1994rigo]

Galileo was put to house arrest for life for doing his research. They were going to kill him. That was back when christianity/or catholic ruled but the priest/ pope was his child hood friend so he had let him live but he had to tell everyone that his research was a lie and so he did. But he kept researching afterwards. They got offended because the bible use to say that everything revolves around us. But after the discovery they changed it. What else can be a lie??

[Eternaltank]

Anyone know what the speaker is referring to around 4:48 "Supermolecule?"

[jillytotmeerkat1]

@Eternaltank I think he might mean the replisome complex but I'm not sure. The way he said it made it sound like the DNA was moving because something was working on it, so I just assume it's the replication machinery! I could be wrong though :)

[kosmosis]

@Eternaltank All of these animations are able to be visualized because they leave out millions of other molecules (2:11 David Goodsells 2D work). For a 3D image they only include the pertinent molecules. Even then you can still see a few other small molecules flitting about. So the DNA 'supermolecules' jiggle because they are normally surrounded by and being bumped into by other molecules, all of which experience 'brownian motion' and are moving. Its like a giant, crowded molecular mosh-pit.

[machinevos]

More of these plx

[daugbret]

Beautiful. Thank you so much!

[PenthouseDiaries]

Now can we make animations like this on taxes and insurance?

[BBMix]

One of the best TED talks. Truly astonishing and captivating.

[ConceptVBS]

@BBMix

Its just animation. 

[fukuzato33]

@ConceptVBS why are you so angry?

[vikman43]

@fukuzato33 why are you so angry

[ConceptVBS]

@fukuzato33

I said "It's just animation"

How is that angry?

????

[fukuzato33]

@ConceptVBS calm down dude

[ConceptVBS]

@fukuzato33

Why are you accusing me of being "angry"?

I dont get it.

[Liteboyiam]

i'd LOVE to see a longer more detailed version of this! :)

[oaaserud]

this video is awesome, directly sent it to a friend.. it gives a great scale to show the size of things, and it is a great explanation of how things work.. well done Drew Barry, and well done TED!

[sashakid]

amazing thank you :]

[OriginalHive]

mitosis xD

[shenyang88]

3:00 interesting part

[TKStoddart]

All science is compatible with all religion, in the same way that all reality is compatible with all things imaginary. Imaginary things have nothing to say about reality, and reality has nothing to say about imaginary things. So, there is no conflict. Only when people confuse the imaginary for reality is there a conflict. Science does not agree with the holy books' assertions. It's best to keep them apart. They destroy one another, because one is real, and the other is imaginary.

[SirLamer]

This video is why TED needs to start posting their videos in HD.

[Dirtboy101]

This is beautiful. I wish i could have had this when I was in Biology!

[hautepower]

Brilliant concept!

[erocicTheGreat]

Simply amazing.

[TheAssgas]

What I would like to see an animation of next is the molecular process of ATP hydrolysis fueling the motions of those dynein and kinesin and propelling/swinging their legs up the microtubules. It has always amazed me how proteins can be so 'clockwork' and mechanical.

[TKStoddart]

@TheAssgas Agreed. Daniel Dennett wrote, "Yes, we have a soul, but it's made up of tiny robots", and that is what he is talking about. The "clockwork", unguided nature of them makes for interesting philosophical considerations (free will, etc.). Well, for those of us who are non-science types, anyway. :) You're right, can't wait for more like this. I've watched those university DNA replication animations a bunch of times, myself.

[TheAssgas]

@TKStoddart I must apologize in advance for this wall of text :P It is hard to fathom how these complex clockwork robots came to be and how they seemingly function so precisely. However from my understanding, the ingredients for these processes start out in a very unguided and disordered state. I like to imagine everything in the cell's nucleus (in this case the DNA, DNA polymerase, primers, helicases, and like everything else involved) as components in a bowl of soup, floating around and

[TheAssgas]

@TKStoddart occasionally bumping into each other. At certain points of the cell cycle, when some proteins are more accessible in greater abundances, events like DNA duplication or RNA translation will occur more readily because there’s more random ‘bumping’ around. Likewise, the kinesin and dynactin are only able to move when in the presence of ATP, which will randomly (but readily) bind and fuel their movements.

[TheAssgas]

@TKStoddart Sure it took evolution a long time to perfect the machinery involved in a way that it will perform its tasks more precisely (such as DNA polymerase having specific areas that recognize certain sequences on the DNA), but at the bottom of it all I think there’s still a great degree of random noise. The most amazing thing is how all the noise comes together and creates order out of disorder.

[TheAssgas]

@TKStoddart . Consciousness and free will, while fundamentally following the laws of probability in neuroscience (what with all those ion gradients and signal transductions), are much more mysterious to quantify…our thoughts, how we process information, sympathy, compassion…those things are indeed mysterious but I think some scientists are getting close to defining them in a more mechanical way :P

[ExceptionOE]

Absolutely amazing. 

[Mynnia]

Wow, that looks amazing! I just had to learn all this, would have been easier with that animation (and if biologists would change the names of about everything, because naming something after with which it can be coloured for observation instead of after what it DOES is not funny at all)

[jacksondoh]

when is drew berrymore coming?



[OuchTaser]

Wow that was incredible.

[wakeupfist]

Loved the random note to which the audience finally applauded.

[DinoTalkz]

god sucks

[achyutsingh]

I wish our teachers had taught us this way.

[7Gens]

Amazing animations, keep making them.

[jordanpasek]

Holy shit, can't we have at least one scientific video whose comments don't degrade to religion vs. science. Instead of wasting your time talking about what's true and whats false, why not have an intellectual conversation about the actual video. What knowledge to you gain by arguing? Do you really think you can convince someone on the internet that you're right and they're wrong? So how about being civilized and learning a few things instead of arguing with trolls? Fuck!

[GeekProdigyGuy]

@jordanpasek If we didn't have religion, we wouldn't have religious trolls.

And it's never likely that you can convince somebody else, but it's worth trying. Unless you think that gay rights should remain in their current state, that China's government is fine as is, or that Israel is at peace.

How about you crawl out of your shell and realize that religion is at absolute conflict with the science? Arguing about what's true and false is the very essence of science, in case you missed that...

[jordanpasek]

@GeekProdigyGuy Stop it! I don't care. That has nothing to do with biology. All you're doing is perpetuating the trolling. Politics and science need to stay separate, and you definitely aren't helping anything. Instead of actually trying to learn and discuss ideas, you argue about irrelevant, boring, tedious, useless things like religion or government. You are the sort of person that soils the good name of science.

[GeekProdigyGuy]

@jordanpasek No, I fight *for* science when theists bash on gay rights, evolution, and stem cell research. It has nothing to do with politics.

You soil the good name of science by bowing down to those who value faith over truth. Is truth vs. faith so irrelevant to science, hm? If I made a scientific claim that the earth is a cube, you would let that go?

Unless you can make all theists understand that science is truth, then what's the point of science if 80% of the world doesn't give a damn?

[jordanpasek]

@GeekProdigyGuy You also make us atheists look bad. You're as bad as any religious zealot. You shove your views in peoples faces as if you're the one who has all of the answers. You fill up intellectual videos with pompous dribble. Instead of campaigning against god you should be campaigning for knowledge, because honey works better than vinegar, you idiot. Do you really think confrontation is going to convert people? But, alas, my words are wasted on you, for you too are a fucking troll.

[anonwoohoo]

@jordanpasek Some atheists don't seem to understand that trying to prove that there is no God means that they are affirming a belief, a belief that there is in fact no God. Those atheists who are honest with themselves will not believe there is a God, but they will also not affirm a belief that there is NO God either. Both views are illogical.

[anonwoohoo]

@jordanpasek The only real logical position to take is to be agnostic; there could be a God in theory, but since there is no evidence of it I don't believe it. If you are logical you will have to admit that you cannot prove the non-existence of God. Those atheists that try to convince others are actually anti-theists, and it is a religion unto itself.

[jordanpasek]

Holy shit, can't we have at least one scientific video whose comments don't degrade to religion vs. science. Instead of wasting your time talking about what's true and whats false, why not have an intellectual conversation about the actual video. What knowledge to you gain by arguing? Do you really think you can convince someone on the internet that you're right and they're wrong? So how about being civilized and learning a few things instead of arguing with trolls? Fuck!

[stephen1475]

this is why I as a robotics major am relay excited about nanotechnology

[antoni2nguyen]

I was so impressed such that my heart beating faster.

[eca70ds]

I want so see more of this amazing science.

[w00zyhead]

Evolution is truth

[TheManWithNoShadow]

Wow damn...what if we are just damn chromozomes in a cell ?

[TheIslammiracle]

I could of sworn I saw this on a tv show a year back.

[Xozmal]

Holy crap this is one of the coolest things I've ever seen on youtube!

[edgespear101]

This is why I believe in intelligent design.

[rootytuners]

@edgespear101

This is why I believe little gnomes are carrying molecules around in my tummy.

[Joachim10]

This is the stuff that should have over 100 million views.

[bloodaid]

whoah we have supertiny walking creatures

[DanielBoa]

Is there an HD version of this video uploaded anywhere?

[qettyz]

Science > religion. Sorry, that is the way how it comes..

[noor121212121212]

@qettyz Fact: Science goes hand in hand with Islam!

[notreveh]

So awesome! As a master student in Molecular and Cellular Biology this video made me happy! :)

[DaVefPk]

wowa!

[notionofvight]

This is exactly what I was always hoping for, that someone would start some day to visualize all the knowledge about the inner life of our cells - this gives so many opportunities to learn and understand much better what is really happening and how things are connected.

Great initiative - I hope this company goes far!!!

btw for people who are interested in similar projects check out:

spongelab (dot) com

and

watch?v=P1UaTkI6k6s

[venkyreddy097]

@notionofvight dude the site u mentioned was xcellent need some more thanks n whats uur proffession

[NYsalsa101]

This is incredible, being able to visualize on a cellular level will cause medicine to advance at a rapid pace

[539forgotten]

Wait the joke at 4:30 when people laughed and clapped. Something about air correct or something/ Could someone please explain it to me? :S

Only way to learn is to ask questions.

[ddnguyen278]

@539forgotten It's called awe, people experience it in different ways. Some people attempt to clap but their minds are too fully engaged in the process of watching that they can only muster a half clap, some people inhale involuntarily sometimes but in this case it is also coupled with a moment of profound realization, which produces in some people laughter so the cross signals of inhaling and exhaling produces an odd muffled chuckle like sound..

[sealclubbinfool]

@539forgotten error correct i believe

[vivinpan]

@539forgotten

It was a allusion to wind shear factor that pilots have to consider when making their calculations, I think.

[vivinpan]

@vivinpan

Oops... 'an allusion'

[CaptainSuspenders]

TED Talks should do a whole separate segment called "TED concepts", which would focus on teaching entire larger chunks of information for those who wish to further their understanding in math and science. Many who have already graduated from school were not able to be taught these concepts with such amazing technological imagery, and I'm sure they would appreciate a "refresher course" implementing images such as the ones shown in this video.

[skyblazer7]

If you liked this, search You Tube for "Body Code (Drew Berry, 2003)". For some reason I had trouble adding the link to this. :(

[conillusionist]

i love biology

[haudace]

damn, this almost makes me believe in a creator.

[LaiPt]

@haudace nah.... this complexity came about over hundreds of millions of generations through natural selection.

[haudace]

@LaiPt

very obvious to anyone who is familiar with evolutionary processes and other fields of science. but this video has made me appreciate how easy it is for some people to find intelligent design a valuable explaination to the origin of life. it makes sense that anyone who isn't scientifically knowledgeable can imagine that life is a magical product (even scientists do).

[PirateXzibit]

So who wrote the information which are in the DNA? I don't care how the double-helix came to be , through evolution or a creator. How did the information get there? I write programs for automated processes (like in factories and robots), so my education has really given me a completely new perspective regarding this. Please don't say "mutations" as an answer, because the information has to be there first.

[tomdschneider]

@PirateXzibit go to my web site and click on the dinosaur. read the paper and run the program. The information captured in the organism by evolution is representing the environmental conditions.

[NemesisAnother]

Alright people. For those who don't know much of these "god people" are mostly T R O L L S. Geez dont feed them.

[PenthouseDiaries]

Everything in his animations had no life, i noticed. It was all just a bunch of mechanical robots moving.

[PirateXzibit]

@PenthouseDiaries Now do you see why some people claim that life making itself is an impossibility? What you saw in the animations are absolutely crucial for life, the first living cell had to have that. Now do you see why some people believe that it is intelligently designed, opposed to it making itself by random chance?

[53143459082305982304]

@PirateXzibit

These are complex cells / molecules, try reading up about the simple ones.

[NewgroundsOwnSBB]

8:00 wait. Are there actually bipedal walking structures on that thing or is it just a kind of metaphorical representation?

[PirateXzibit]

@NewgroundsOwnSBB Nothing in the animations are metaphorical, it's as close to reality as it gets. The colours, however, are somewhat made up for clarity.

[PenthouseDiaries]

@NewgroundsOwnSBB yes, there is an actual bipedal walking structure on it but it is not alive, it is just molecules reacting to their surroundings.

[steinrik]

The one thing I've learned about atheists so far is that they are extremely aggressive against anyone else. If someone admit to believe in God (as I do

myself) there is no limit to stupid and aggressive outbursts from atheists. Why does it sound like every single atheist has read the same book and are using exactly the same arguments? Is there only one such book or teacher?

By the way, it is not possible to prove or unprove God! If it was, there would be no need for faith...

[iiKaarmaa]

@steinrik I believe the almighty dog created earth, I also sound kind of stupid right?

[DSBrekus]

@steinrik Sounds like you've met a lot of jerks, but don't stereotype. You wouldn't want atheists to stereotype you as a christian just because they met some bad christians so you shouldn't do it to them.

[steinrik]

@DSBrekus - I agree, not all my words are as well chosen as should be. Stereotyping no more.

[TKStoddart]

@steinrik That is because the whole idea of a god or gods is stupid, and faith is stupid.

[steinrik]

@TKStoddart - Would you care to elaborate on that, friend?

[noor121212121212]

@steinrik agreed!

[superhamzah85]

@steinrik

Faith isn't a virtue.

[MegF142857]

@hempartist420 Thanks for the laugh. LOL!

[MegF142857]

This is so amazingly cool! So much more is known than when I was in college. Very moved to watch the representation. Beautiful.

[SignificantOwl]

Can we not just be excited about this without turning it into yet another religious war on youtube? I don't CARE if you believe in God, Allah, Thor or anyone else. It's YOUR belief, keep it to yourself and enjoy this amazing video, please. Thanks.

[PenthouseDiaries]

@SignificantOwl you want wars to stop on youtube? sorry can't help you there, it's just going to get worse from here on out

[juanolotgn]

@SignificantOwl All I know is that Jesus Promised the end of Evil, Thor promised the end of ice giants.

And I do not see many ice giants around

[emil201092]

@juanolotgn lol, thats also a way of seeing it :)

[reprimand33]

@juanolotgn

I see evil

[SignificantOwl]

@juanolotgn HA HA HA, OH WOW.

You can spout a meme. Congratulations.

[jordanpasek]

@juanolotgn I like that meme.

[noor121212121212]

All praise is due to Allah, the lord of the WORLDS!

God is the Greatest! Thumbs UP!

Copy and Past this around!!

[CrazyBomber22]

@noor121212121212

Thumbs down, and may all gods die a silent death.